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A Quiet and Distractible Day

The Distracted Reader (9461057090)
This image is titled "The Distracted Reader". It is from Rick and Brenda Beerhorst, and found on Wikimedia Commons. A seated person in a collared red shirt and a knee-length skirt is holding a book open. Rather than looking at the book, they are looking down at a black cat that is trying to climb onto their lap.

Hello!

During this Month of Blogging Daily, I have been posting updates about my day on weekends, in lieu of a more structured blog post. This strategy works well when my day has been eventful, but it works less well for quiet days like today. My activities today have been:

  1. going to Quaker meeting with my family. My family was signed up for refreshments, so we set up the multipurpose room for post-worship snacking and cleaned after snack time was over.
  2. waiting for my mom to get out of a meeting.
  3. eating lunch at El Pollo Loco.
  4. reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. 
  5. eating leftover bagels and cookies.
  6. watching The Goldbergs with my family.
  7. watching Superstore by myself.
  8. browsing a new-to-me tarot blog.
  9. discovering a weird and painful blue spot on my left elbow.
  10. sitting down to write this blog post.
In general, I am feeling much better than I did yesterday. I managed to get to sleep at a reasonable hour last night, and I woke up at 8:30 AM this morning. I have been very distractible, but otherwise I am doing well. 

Best wishes,
Lydia
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